We here at Life After Visi love to report on breaking college admissions news! Princeton and Harvard eliminated their Early Decision and Early Action deadlines back in 2006 (for students applying for the fall of 2007). Since then, they have both offered only one Regular Decision deadline.
On the heels of UVA's announcement that they will offer an Early Action plan last year, Harvard and Princeton have both announced that they will offer Single Choice Early Action to students next year (EASC for short). Under this plan, students can apply by November 15th and receive a decision by December 15th. The catch? Because of the "single choice" language, students will not be able to file any other Early action or Early Decision applications. Note that you will not be committed to attend Harvard or Princetion if admitted under the EASC plan, but you are prohibited from applying elsewhere until the Regular Decision round.
Your college counselor will not only help you create a balanced list of colleges, but will spend a great deal of time advising you about the "best" and most strategic deadlines for your college applications. You will soon see that colleges have a dizzying area of "decision plans" (EDI and EDII, EA, EASC, Priority, Interim, Rolling) and they do not always give clear information about which students are best suited for which deadline. Do not fear...we will help you sort it all out. Are we having fun yet?
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